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Book SynopsisFor ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people.
Trade Review"Fienup-Riordan is renowned for her intelligent anthropological essays and for her close involvement with Yup'ik communities..[This] volume is remarkable because it presents not only an incredible variety of narratives, but also documents the wealth of oral narratives that one individual might possess. The book is a marvelous contribution to the study of Eskimo literature and oratory."
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Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Kangrilnguum ayuquciq man'a tekilluku
--Paul John's life up to this time
Taun qanemiciq ayaagturatullrulliniuq arulaiyuunani
--That story went on and on without stopping
A'ka Tamaani Yuullrat
--Life in the Past
Cingumailriit kingumta yuitnek
--To encourage future generations
Allamek-gguqella yuituq
--They say the world is populated by on one else [but relatives]
Yuut Ungungssit-llu
--Humans and Animals
Tan'gaurluq nakacuut ayautellrat
--The boy who was taken away by bladders
Yuuk malruk atertellrek
--Two who drifted away
Yuilqumun ayalleq nunameggnek
--The one who left her village and went to the wilderness
Enret aulukellrata iqukegtarii
--A good ending for taking care of bones
Nunakun ciutelget
--Those who have ears through the ground
Tan'gaurluum Qayassiigmi Uitallra
--The boy who had an experience on Qayaassiq
Tamaani Cat Paivngallratni
--Back When Extraordinary Beings Were Present
Qamungelria
--The old bear
Amiingirayulit
--Those who are good at blocking doors
Anglingnarlit
--The ones who grow
Kiirraraarmeng Yuullret
--Those Who Lived Alone
Angun-ciissiq-llu
--The man and the ciissiq
Apalek
--One with a grandfather
Angutet Arnat-llu
--Men and Women
Angutem Anrutaanek arcaqakinrilnguq
--The one who didn't think much of a man's stomach
Arnaq anagkenglleq
--The woman who won
Aavacin
--Aavacin
Uqilalria arnaq
--A woman who was a fast runner
Malrugnek nulialek
--The one with two wives
Aipaqellrianun alerquun
--Advice to couples
Angayuqat Irniarit-llu
--Parents and Children
Aanaka-llii ner'aqa-llii
--I have eaten my mother
Umyuamek catevkarillerkaq
--The way the mind can be hurt
Angelria angun
--The big man
Qetunraq qamiqurrlainaq
--Son who was nothing by a head
Yupiuyaraq
--Becoming a Yup'ik Person
Elpecenek uptuci
--You are getting yourselves ready
Niicugninqegcaarturaasqelluki qanrucetullruit
--They told them to listen thoroughly and attentively
Nasaurluut waten elpeciucetun ayuqucirkaatnek qanaataqluki
--He would give advice to young girls like you about proper behavior and conduct
Tan'gaurliq kangingaqami taugaam taqtuli
--Boy who had to find out for himself
Alerquutet iinrutun ayuqut
--Advice is like medicine
Ungalek
--One with a beard
Qanruyutelten maligtengnaqu'urluki ernikina ernerpak
--Try to follow what was said to you all day
Kass'at yuullrat qacignarqenrituq
--White people do not live easy lives
Anngaat Uyuraat-llu
--Older Brothers and Younger Siblings
Anngaan nayagani-llu
--The older brother and his younger sister
Anngaq uyuraq-llu
--The older brother and the younger brother
Anngaqelriik
--Those to who were brothers
Anngaq nayagani-llu
--An older brother and his younger sister
Angalkut
--Shamans
Tumaralria
--Tumaralria
Tumaralria Kangangaq-llu
--Tumaralria and Kangangaq
Kukugyarpak
--Kukugyarpak
Aatama atallranek
--My father's deceased father
Angalkut
--Angalkut
Angalkunek qanemcit
--Stories of angalkut
Temcinarqerrlulriit
--Some That Are Slightly Funny
Temcinarqerrlulriit
--Some that are slightly funny
Tengssuucet akaar paqnanarqellruut
--Airplanes were interesting a long time ago
Cam Ayagniqarraallra
--Origins
Nunivaam yung'eqarraallra
--How Nunivak first got its people
Yupiit atunem anguyakutellrat
--Yupiit going to war against each other
Nukalpiat
--Great Hunters
Nukalpialler
--The bad nukalpiaq
Nukalpiaq alegyunglleq imarpigmek
--A nukalpiaq who became confident [he could travel and hunt] on the ocean
Tamaani yuut ucurnarqellratni
--In those days when people did things to be pround of
Asgirpagkaq Uqumyaar-llu
--Adgirpagkaq and Uqumyaar
Pamailnguaraurluuq
--One who was always slow to respond
Yuut atertellri
--People who drifted away
Atertaulleq yuk
--The person who drifted away
Tan'gaurluq tengyugngalria
--The boy who could fly
Ellminek Ikayuryqraq Yuilqumi
--Yup'ik Survival Tools
Makuat
--Glittering particles used as compasses
Anuqem tungai ellaliuryaraq-llu
--Weather directions and forecasting
Ellaliuryaraq
--Checking the weather
Ellarrlugmi cayaraq
--What to do during a storm
Ayuqucin pascirluku yuugi
--Start living with something to back you up
Yugtun igautellrit Kass'atun-llu mumigtellrit
--Yup'ik transcription and translation
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